自転車文化センター東京科学技術館Located on the second floor of the Science Museum in Tokyo's Kitonomaru Park (along with Budokan) is the Bicycle Culture Center.
The Museum is a bit past its sell-by date - it opened in April 1969 and hasn't aged well - but the Bicycle Culture Center is worth a visit.
It features a history of bicycles, with many old bikes on display.
Befitting a science museum, there are also interactive displays on the physics and science of cycling.
For those who are not able to read Japanese, it will be a visual experience as the signage is only in Japanese.
Compared to its Osaka cousin, the Bicycle Museum Cycle Center Sakai, it is not as zippy. The latter enjoys corporate sponsorship (Shimano is based in Sakai) and its presentation was much more professional.
Still, the Tokyo facility has a library along with its displays and is a good hour or two.
Information
Science Museum
2-1 Kitnomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-00091
【科学技術館】
102-0091
東京都千代田区北の丸公園２番１号
Access
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
Takeshita Station, Exit 1b, 550 meters
Kudanshita Station, Exit 2, 800 meters
Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
Kudanshita Station, Exit 2, 800 meters
Shinjuku subway line
Kudanshita Station, Exit 2, 800 meters
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